TECH TIP: The Start Menu  Part 2, Classic ViewWhen you right-click on the StartMenu
(lower left hand corner of your screen) and select Properties, you
have two choices. If you have Microsaoft XP, you can view the Start Menu in
ClassicView or you can view the Start Menu in the new
XP look.

If you have an earlier version of Windows, you can use this
tip to customize your Start Menu. If you have XP, you have
a choice between Classic Start menu or the new XP
Start Menu. Whether you choose Classic Start menu or
Startmenu, they both do very similar things  they just look
different The Classic Start menu looks just like the Start menu in Windows
95, 98, ME, and 2000. At lot of people liked it so Microsoft decided to
give you the option to keep it. It uses less space and is less complicated
than the new XP Start Menu

Well, lets look at Classic Start Menu first.

RightClick on Startmenu and select Classic Start menu.

Click on Customize.

At the bottom of this window, you have
several checkboxes. Click on the options you want to
display or enable. OK  I will tell you what I have checked 
these are the good ones.

DisplayFavorites  very
nice  it displays all your favorites from Internet Explorer so you can
jump right to any site you have bookmarked as a Favorite.

Display Run  Well, you
may have to use this occasionally  so check it.

EnableDraggingandDropping  you can create shortcuts with this enabled

Expand  there are a bunch of
these. I just expand everything except Network Connections. With
everything checked, the folders expand so you can easily find
applications, documents or files.